The University of Trinidad and Tobago hosted an online webinar to reintroduce the TTWeSafe app and to obtain feedback on how it can be improved. 

This is part of the project “Advancing Safety and Sustainable Environmental Transportation (ASSET)”, funded through the The University of the West Indies led, HIT RESET Caribbean project which is funded by the ACP Innovation Fund of OACPS Research and Innovation programme.

The app which aims to make the use of public transportation safer, particularly in light of previous violence against women, by providing the means to identify ‘safe’ taxis by the embedded scanning QR codes allowing persons to match the driver and taxi. Other innovations include a digital wallet to facilitate a cashless journey which can reduce the risk of robbery.

The event was covered by the Media  House LoopTT .: UTT launches TTWeSafe app for safer taxi rides | Loop Trinidad & Tobago

Link to the video.